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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-23
ANAHEIM'S RESERVOIR.
Beginning Work on the Big

At the meeting of the directors Of
the Anaheim Union Water Works
Company, held on Saturday, propo-
sition was received from G. B, Polhe-
mus to loan the company $4,000 or
$4,000, for one year at l per cent
per month. The proposition was de-
clined.
A. Pierrotti was appointed Superin-
tendent at salary of $50 per month.
The contract is with him for one
month, but is to continue thereafter
if mutually satisfactory.
1t was ordered that the price of
water be reduced to 25 cents per head
for day water and 121s cents for night
water.
The question of beginning work on
the reservoir was discussed at length,
and it was the unanimous opinion of
the board that the time had arrived
for the utilization of Mr. Kraemer's
gift. 1t was resolved, therefore, to
levy an assessment of 81 per share on
the capital stock of the company, and
with the money thus obtained begin
the work which ought to have been
completed years ago.
The reservoir site was conveyed to
the Anaheim Water Company, the
predecessor of the present corporation,
in October, 1881, by Daniel Kraemer,
since deceased. 1t is situated about
six miles northeast of Anaheim, on
what is known as the Kraemer tract.
1t has superficial acreage OF 47.61
acres and contains 2,07S,891 square
feet.
All that is needed to make this res
ervoir available is to build dam
across it's mouth and construct two
or three miles of ditch to and from it.
The dam will be twenty-five
eet in height. With depth
of twenty feet of water at the
dam, and a mean depth of twelve
feet, the contents of the reservoir
including the ravines and bays out
side of the 47.64 acres (and which un-
der the deed Of conveyance the COM
pany can utilize) will be 2S,SS6,629
cubic feet, equal to 216,OS7, AT gal
Ions. There is smaller reservoir
contiguous to the one described above
and which can be used in connection
with it. The total capacity of the two
reservoirs is 40, AL 1906 cubic feet,
equal to 3O2 ,522 .46s gallons. By in
creasing the height Of water at the
dam to 25 feet, as can be done, the ca
pacity is increased to 58,074, ,019 cubic
feet, equal to 434 1893 1862 gallons. To
prepare the reservoir for utilization to
its utmost capacity will cost not less
than $50, 900.
Figures are somewhat bewildering,
and the capacity of the reservoir will
be the more easily comprehended
when we state that it will hold water
sufficient to run ten heads of water
during IL hours each day for 67 days,
without taking into account the water
flowing in the reservoir in the mean
time.
The completion of this great work
will make mighty change in this sec
ton, and bring every foot of it into
cultivation. 1t will, literally, give us
more water than we know what to do
with, and forever remove all anxiety
as to whether the next winter will be
wet or dry Anaheim Gazette.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-23
A .WOMAN'S COURAGE.
She Fires a Shot at a Brace O1
Burglars.


On last Tuesday night an old lady
with a frightened countenance came
into Chief Darcy's Office.
"What's the matter, madam ?" in
quired the Chief.
"The trouble is," said she, "that 1
am scared out of my life. For the
last two or three nights someone has
been prowling around my house on
Boyle Heights, just across the river.
They have been there night after
night, and am sure they mean harm.
1t has been known for some time
that l am going to sell my
place, and 1 guess they thought
that I had done so, and
they were after the money. Will you
please 90 home with us?'
The chief told her that his duties
required him elsewhere. He reached
down in his pocket and brought out a
miniature cannon which he offered to
the old lady to protect herself with.
She took the weapon and after con-
siderable work she managed to raise
the internal machine into her pocket.
Yesterday afternoon young lady
called to see Chief Darcy. She re-
turned the pistol and to the chiefs
astonishment it was found that one
chamber was empty. The young lady
explained that the robbers had reap
peared at the house and that her
mother had fired shot at them. She
could not say whether she had wound
ed them or not, but hoped that she
had. The last seen of Chief Darcy he
was making tour of the town en-
deavoring to find bullet large enough
to fill the discharged chamber OF his
pis tol.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-23
Proposals for Bonds.

OFFICE OF CLERK OF BOARD OF SU-
I pervisors of Los Angeles county, Cal,
Sealed Bids will be received ut thls
office until 10 A. NJ, October 3, 1887, for the
purchase of fifty thousand dollars in bonds
of Palomares School district, bearing inter
est at the rate of five per cent per annum.
One hundred bonds OF 5000 each, num-
bered from one to one hundred, inclusive,
and due October 3, 1897.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids. .. ,.,a &c
Los Angeles county, California; -
so3-IGt C. II. DUNSMOOR, Clerk.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-23
Notice for Publication.

T AND OFFICE AT LOS ANGELES, CAL,
the fdllowlngnamed settler has fled 'n notice da
of his intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof win be
made before Register and Receiver at Los
Angeles, Cal, ON October 2e, 1887, viz:
Hiram B. s. Davis, d. s. No. 1926, for the
lots 1. 2 and 3, Sec. II, Twp S r low, s. B.
M. He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz: Alex. Steav-
ems, David Lang Anson Pitcher, Geo. w
Sells, Vineland, Cal.
J. D. BETHUNE, Register.
sep23-30t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-23

WE WARRANT Gilmore's Magnetic Felix
to relieve the Asthma in one minute. U. +
Heinzeman, agent. Los Angeles.
Damiana Bitters makes the old young ana
the weak strong and healthy. M. Levy q
Co., Wholesale liquor dealers agents.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-23

REV. E. J. WHITNEY, of Clarkson, N. 7.
says Gilmore's Aromatic Wine for Female
weakness, stands without rival. c.
Heinzeman, agent, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-23

sHILoH's COUGH and Consumption Cure
is sold by us on a guarantee. II cures Con-
sumption. c. f. Heinzeman, agent, Los An
geles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-23
WALTERIA. WALTERIA
LOTS ONLY 5000 TO $500.


acre A.
mv12t Wlmn
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
Gypsy Music I'm Paris.

Albert Wolff complains bitterly i'll The
Figaro of the epidemic of Gypsy music rag
ing in Paris. He says it is impossible to eat
u dinner at nn open air restaurant without
being accompanied by the melancholy
strains of the Gypsy violin and the uncarthly
sound of the cymbal. This invasion of Gypsy
music dates from the Paris Exposition of
1851, when a band of genuine Gypsies, who
were very handsome fellows in their way,
captured tho hearts of the Partisan ladies'.
Since then imitation Gypsy bands have
grown up like mushrooms, and many n pru-
lent bourgeois of the suburbs, who knows
that the ordinary trades afford no prospects
to his SONS, dcstines them i'll advance to the
profession Of "Gypsies." The outfit is very
simple indeed; Il loose jacket tight trousers
are no longer absolutely essential) and half Il
dozen yellow trimmings. Knowledge of
music is not required, for the more out of
tune the Gypsy plays tue more genuine he is
considered. Mr.. Wolff sees the time up
preaching when cymbal playing will DO
taught ut the conservatory, when the minis
ter of public instruction will distribute the
prizes to the best pupils, and Thomas, Mas
senet and Delibes will he present at the cere-
mony. dressed i'll hussar jackets
Ti,OoS-
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
Prosperity of the Hebrews,

"Nothing has impressed ME so lnuch," said
one of the prominent dry goods merchants
the other day, las the way in which the He
brews have multiplied and prospered in this
country. Not further back than 1915 there
We're only $4,000 Hebrews here. Today there
are nearly 100000. So you will see that while
the population of the country has increased
threefold in forty years-it was 2O,0OO,0OO i'll
1s45-the Hebrew population has increased in
a very mach larger proportion. Of course
there are more Hebrews in Russia, Austria
and Germany than there are i'll America, but
we come next. If the figures which l have
given may be taken as a basis for estimating
the future growth of the race, it will not be
long before this country is in the lead" l
asked my friend to what lie attributed the
success of the Hebrew, and he said: "Idis
thrift is proverbial, but l have yet to meet a
man who will deny that he is public spirited
and generous III the support CT benevolent and
worthy institutions generally. Certainly lie
is law abiding."!"Rambler" in Brooklyn
Tror1o
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
A Most Remarkable Fossil.

Professor H. G.. Seeley exhibited the most
remarkable fossil which has ever been found
to the biologists. This fossil showed the
development of the young of plesiosaurus.
Until this fossil had been found and for
warded to himl lie had sought throughout the
collections of Europe for evidence on that
DEVELOPMENT, but without success. No Incl
dent in the history of fossilization was more
singular than that which this specimen dis
played. The fossil was a series of muinmies
Of minute plesiosaurs. less than five inches in
length, which had the substance of their flesh
perfectly preserved and their bones preserved
within the flesh. The rcmails showed differ
ent conditions of development. This was the
only case that had ever occurred of the MN
eralization of the muscular substance and the
preservation of the external form of these
animals; and so perfect was the preservation
that the circle of the eye was preserved, and
the constituent bones could be distinguished.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24

His l%ecturing was forced upon him nor.
and more. His family was increasing. He
kept open house. He had to buy more land
to protect his view.
For the filling of his purse the only means
he could invent WIS lecturing. AS his name
grew more widely known to the managers Of
the country lyceums i'll New England and
then at the west, lie could, with much travel
ing, collect fees enough to fill the ever yawn-
ing gap betwixt income and outgo, though
never much more than fill it. His fees in
those days were small; not SO large, perhaps,
as more skilful management might have
made them. He writes to Mr.. Alexander
Ireland i'll 1917 that the most he ever re-
ceived was S570 for ten lectures; in Boston,
$50; i'll the country lyceums, $40 and travel
ing expenses. Then, from the liberal style Of
his housekeeping, he passed with his neigh
bors for a well to do man. and paid, his
friends thought, more than a fair proportion
of the town taxes. So it came about that all
these years i'll the forties were years of uu-
RENTED watchfulness and sometimes anxiety
to keep out of debt.-Cabot's Memoir Of
Emerson.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
\ Very Largo Idea.

II have n very large idea,' said the old
crank who is always raving about street OBJ
structions. "As it is perfectly evident that
the streets will continue to be torn up for a
century at least, l propose to make the pro.
cess easy by arranging the streets on u new
plan. Instead Of cobblestones or blocks
would have the streets covered with large
bridges. the width of the street and about
fifty feet long. Then it will only be necessnry
to hoist up one or more bridges, fix the gas or
water pipe or insert some more wires in the
conauits and clap down tie bridges again i'll
ths :arn OF the wrist. OF course you under.
stand that the streets are to be excavated be
meath the bridges from curb to curb to q
depth of ten feet. Iclaim that this plan will
save time and money, although it will spoil
the contractors fun. "-Philadclphia Call.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
Mexican Waterspouts

A dispatch from the City Of Mexico says
That recent serious damage lone by wash
outs oil the northern section of the Mexican
Central road was due to waterspouts bursting
on the track, and that it is n curious fact that
waterspouts seem to be attracted by the iron
track and telegraph wires. Recently in build
ing the Cuadalajara branch of the Mexican
Central railway, it has been noticed by engi-
ncers that as fast as the construction advances
rain follows, and they hold that this is due to
the large quantity of steel rails on flat cars,
which are carried forward as fast as the work
of construction permits. The most NOTICEABLE
fact is that the country is dry i'll advance of
the construction trains and also behind them
for many miles. Rains beat down, rs de-
scribed, in bucketfuls just where the steel
rails are, but only In circles q few miles i'll
diameter. Rochester Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
A WHOLESALE GROCER ABROAD.
Denied Admittance to an English
Theatre.

Denied Admittance to an English
Theatre.
Heard a good one about Charlie Brown,
the wholesale grocer. Some years ago MIR.
Brown and an Ohio friend were in London
together. While there they went to the the
ntre together one evening when it was an
nounced that tho royal family were to be
present and no gentleman not correctly at
tired in evening dress would be admitted.
Mr.. Brown II his friend appeared in frock
coats and were denied admittance to their
seats. They went to a woman in one of the
ante rooms and asked her to sew tine tails of
their coats back in order to give them the ap-
pearance of a cutaway. She agreed to do it,
but said she had done it for others, and the
scheme would not work. Mr.. Brown and his
friend, not being SO easily put aside, then
went to a costumer and each secured an ex-
tremely old fashioned claw hammer, much
too large, and knee breeches. Thus attired
they again demanded entrance. A demurrer
was entered, but Mr.. Brown called attention
to the fact that he had on q dress suit, and it
mattered not whether it was the style of a
century ago or the present., or whether It
fitted him or not.
The two were finally allowed to 20 in. The
coats looked o%utlandish; when the two GEN
tiemen sat down the collars stuck up over
thelr heads. and the tails brushed the floor.
In addition to their oddity of dress, both car
r1ed spy glasses in lieu of opera glasses, which
tAey leveled In every direction. To make the
situation more grotesque they would stand
up between the acts, showing their costume
to the greatest advantage. Finally the at.
tention of the entire audience, including the
Prince Of Wales, was attracted to them, and
everybody burst into laughter at their ridicu
lous appearance. Meanwhile the two Ameti
cans, though they were inwardly ~enjoyin,
the whole thing, maintained their compos
ure. ran out their spy glasses and inspected
the people laughing at them with the creates
immunity, while they disposted themselysp Il
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
GIVE THEM A

That is to say. your lungs. Also all your
breathing machinery. Very wonderful machine
ry ii is. Not only the larger air-passagcs, but the
thousands of little tubes and cavities leading
from them.
ter which ought not to he there, your lungs cam
not half do their work. And what they do. they
cannyt do we'll.
Cali ii cold. con.ll. Group. pneumonia. caiarrh.
consumption or any of abe family of throat and
nose and head and lung Instructions. all are bad.
All oughtto he got rid of. There is just one sure
way to gctrid of them. That is TO take Boschcc'>
German Syrup. which any druggist will sell You
nj 10 cents a bottle. Even if everything else has
failed you, you may depend upon this for certain.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
CONCERNING THE BEAN QUESTION.

Recipes from "a Region Where Beans Can
Never He Cooked
What is your recipe for baking beans"
The question was asked of several individ-
uals Of extended experience.
Landlord Allen, of the Hotel Hamilton.
who sat over against the big and finely
painted screen that a1orns his dining room,
and bears an excellent likeness of that lover
OF good things, Louis Leib. i'll the makeup of
falstafi, had no decided opinion as to baking
beans, but his former business partner, who
was with him, said: II wouldn't bake them.
1 would fry them. Boil them three or four
hours, then drain them, put them in u spider
with salt pork, and fry them to a rich
brown
John Smelling, the warm personal friend of
Senator Malone. said: "Down south they
have II habit of cooking the beans according
to the approved method and then mushing
them. l am fond of beans, but did not
learn how to bake them until | came here.
l soak them until they become soft, put them
IN an earthen jar with Il little pork, season
with pepper and salt, turn Il little molasses
on the top of them, put the jar in the oven
and let the beans bake. l always cook them
myself, and l imagine l know how to do it
we'll"
u have not yet become thoroughly &C
quninted with the baked bean" said Bill Nye.
up III Laramie, where | held office, baked
beans were unobtainablc at any price. The
altitude of Laramie, like tho prices that rule
there, is very high, and it was found impos-
sible to boil beans there with any degree of
success, let alone baking them. The only
way they could be cooked was to put Il little
salcratus i'll the water in which they were
boiling, but under the best conditions the
beans are liable to be about as hard and UNI
palatable rs marbles"
They have Il tradition in Germany that
beans can only be properly cooked when
soaked i'll clear spring water. The host of
Helms restaurant on Twcnty-scvcnth street.
whose recipe did not materially differ from
that OF the other cpicures, was very particu-
lar as to the manner that they should DO
soaked and prepared before baking. He soaks
them about four hours and then bakcs them
In u dripping pan with Il little piece of scored
pork. Mr.. Hill, the theatrical manager, who
Is typical Yankee and an adept at baking
beans, believes that they should be soaked or
parboilcd. drained and then put in a sheet
iron box. y hole i'll the ground should be
followed out and a fire built in it. When the
burning has gone on long enough to make
the desired degree of heat remover the brands,
put in the box of beans with n piece of pork
on top of it, cover up the box and let the con-
tents gradually but surely reach the desired
degree OF perfectiou.-New York Evening
Sun. =
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
Ancient climate Of America.

Goldsmith's Geography, published in 1924,
describing the United States, says: People
become old i'll America sooner than in Eu-
rope. Upon females the influence of the eli
mate is still more sensible. When young the
women are generally beautiful, particularly
in Philadelphia, but after 20 they begin to
lose their fresh color and teeth, aud at the
age of 2a5 many of them would pass for Euro.
peans at TO-" What funny things those old
Biographies We're, to be sure.-New York
Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
The Sacred White Elephant

The sacred Burmese white elephant is to be
removed from Mandaluy to Rangoon to con-
vince the natives that the royal b use has dis
appeared forever. So long as the elephant
remained i'll Mandalay many of the Burmans
firmly believed that Thebaw or his family
would eventually enjoy their own again.
Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24

The imperial special train which has been
used by the Emperor William during his re-
cent journeys consists Of three saloon car
riages, which are connected with each other
by II covered passage lighted with gas, fitted
electric bells and Autograph apparatus. The
day saloon is lung with blue damask, and
contains only easy chairs, sofas, and u couple
of tables. AT one end is Il coupe, where the
emperor usually stands, or sits en- u high
chair, when passing through Il large town or
wherever there is any fine scenery. a portion
of the next carriage is fitted up us a study,
and there is a desk and writing materials: but
his majesty las almost given up working in
the train, although till last year he went
through his letters and dispatches just in the
same metbodical way as if lie We're at Berlin
or Potsdam. A dressing room, which con-
tains everything that could possibly he want
ed, aljoins the study. Another saloon isthe
bedroom, and contains the camp bed which
the emperor always uses. There is u large
saloon for the suite, and another for the ser
wants. The emperor's train las been ordered
to travel at n comparatively slow late of
speed this year, and nourishing refrcshment
has been supplied to his majesty every two
hours-usually the strongest soup that can be
made, or eggs beaten up with champagne, or
meat jelly.-London World.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
Tying tho Frisky Laces.

Returned travellers from country and seq
side hotels speak of the low shoes Worn by
the ladies this summer. The ladies also speak
of them. The laces would unite, and who
was to tie them but the escorts. In this way
many a "board walk promenade was pro-
longed and mutual happiness resulted. Some
of the dudes, however, complain that they
cracked their heavily starched waistcoasts iii
STOPPING down to CALAMITY tie the frisky
laces New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

To THE E~DlToR-plcasc inform your readers
thatl have u positive remedy for the above
named disease. BY Its timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. 1
shnll be glad to send two bottles of my remedy
FREE to any of your readers who have consump.
ton if they will send me their express and
post Office address. Respectfully. T. A. $40
CUM, NJ. c. 1871 Pearl et., New York.
Dec .3.6m.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
A VIOLET.

A violet dewy and dainty and blue,
With the delicate freshness of heavens own hue,
And my love, sweet love, with her ripe, red lips,
Sweeter than flowers where the wild bee sips,
Pressed a long kiss on the petals fair.
To gladden. my soul as l left her there.
Keep it. dear love, and though far away,
1t will tell what my lips refuse to say"
So l kept it for many a long, long day,
l keep it now and l will Away,
For withered and dead, its dainty hue
Still tells me Il story of love most true,
Tells me the story 1 love to hear
OF the life that has grown so heavenly dear,
And the old, old tale grows tiresomc, never.
For the hand that gave it is mine forever.
james Clarence Harvey in Home Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
In the Swiss Hotels.

The fashionable Swiss hotels now have
American bars, presided over by handsome
Swiss girls in native dress. This is said to
account for the withdrawal Of English
patronage.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-24
Live Agents Wanted.

To sell DIR. Chasc's Recipes; or information for
and Canada. Enlarged by the publisher to 6lS pas.
csIt contains over 1000 household recipes and is
suited to all classes and conditions of society. \
wonderful book and Il household necessity. IL
sells at sight. Greatest inducements ever offered
to book agents. Sample copies sent by mail. post
paid. for $500. Exclusive territory given. Agents
more than double their money. Address DR.
Clasr's Steam Printing House. Ann Arbor. Mich
i..nu Nr1.S-3m II. T..